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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost's timeless classic of a traveler enjoying the simple pleasures of a quiet snowy evening is brought to stunning life by Caldecott Honor?artist Susan Jeffers. This elegant deluxe edition with handsome vellum jacket and foiled type design has become a winter favorite for the whole family.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
September 24th 2001
by Dutton Books
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Loved this poem. Story of my life.
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I think that Jeffers lyrical illustrations really create a beautiful chord combined with Frost's words. I grew up in snow, and it is captured so exquisitely. I love this edition, but so much is communicated in the illustrations that I started to think about the words being overpowered or limited by the portrayal. I found most of the book, where there are animals subtly drawn in the trees- their image unfolding for the reader who pauses to look- to be in total support of the text, and not interfe...more
So often when I think of my children I think of vibrancy, energy, motion. Sometimes it's dancing, sometimes it's that I'm-too-tired-to-admit-I-need-a-nap frantic zooming from one thing they shouldn't do (or touch, or put in their mouth) to another. Poetry and children just seem to go together. Children respond with pleasure to the unexpected rhyme, the tap-tap-tapping of an alliterative phrase, or the reassuring rhythm of a familiar meter. In so many ways, kids are poetry - poetry in motion. ...more
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers is the famous 1922 poem beutifully illustrated in a picturebook presentation.
The famous poem is presented in full, along with an artist's note.
The base plate for the art was prepared with pencil and pen and ink; overlays were drawn in pencil. The addition of color just to the old man focuses attention on him, while not detracting from the natural beauty of the woods, the animals and the all...more
The famous poem is presented in full, along with an artist's note.
The base plate for the art was prepared with pencil and pen and ink; overlays were drawn in pencil. The addition of color just to the old man focuses attention on him, while not detracting from the natural beauty of the woods, the animals and the all...more
When I was in high school, my English teacher made my class memorize random poems. I don’t remember why we had to do this, but I do remember analyzing and memorizing “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” which soon became one of my favorite poems of all time. It stayed with me long after high school, and in my graduate program for education, I made an iMovie of the poem depicting the scenery while also depicting the chain rhyme on screen. I still have that iMovie and I occasionally show it ...more
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Do not let my obvious appreciation for Robert Frost's poetry bias this review. The focus here is on Susan Jeffers's illustrated interpretation of this remarkable poem, and how it brings the poem to life for children and adults alike. Certainly the poem stands on its own merit, but the beautifully wrought illustrations of this edition perfectly accentuate the vision and emotion of the poem. The illustrations are paced carefully, not haphazardly, appearing where images are most appropriate and not...more
Wow! One of Robert Frost's best poems gorgeously illustrated! It is in print again (slightly smaller format), so now I can give my mom's copy back to her. This has been one of my favorites for pretty much my whole life, and I would give it ten stars if I could.
I reread this beautiful picture book by Susan Jeffers illustrating one of Robert Frost’s most famous poems, brought to mind when I read the book “Old School” by Tobias Wolf last month. Both the poet and the poem are featured in that book. It’s been in my library for fifteen years and I’ve enjoyed it many times. The illustrations captivate the beauty of snow, where the whole environment is covered in white but the old man, and the children he stops to visit whose enjoyment of the snow is highlig...more
I love poet Robert Frost. I also love illustrator Susan Jeffers - who gives us her unique spin on the classic poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening". The poem itself can take many forms and many meanings for those who read it, but Jeffers infuses it with a light Christmas touch. The traveler in this book resembles a Santa Claus-type figure, driving his sleigh loaded with gifts through the woods and visiting with friends and neighbors. Beautiful words and beautiful imagery - it's n...more
Austin Ratner's recent review of this book prompted me to enter the world of Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" as Susan Jeffers has depicted it. I plan to periodically return to Jeffers' exquisite illustrations. Perhaps at some point, I will feel as if they are enabling me to see Frost's thoughts. For now, though, I'll settle for the beauty in this presentation of one of the many memorable poems by my favorite poet.
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Haunting book that is beautifully illustrated and my favorite book of Susan Jeffers. I saw her give a presentation way back in the late 80's at a Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators function in NYC. This is my favorite book of hers. She recommended calling up a friend who had a lot of dishes to wash or some other repetitive activity and talk and draw at the same time. She said it loosened her up and kept the internal critic away. I think she's right about this.
I hope it goes without saying (but just in case, I will say it here) that I am not giving Frost's poem two stars. I LOVE Robert Frost, and I love this poem. But this book doesn't excite us at all. The illustrations are sweet but it bothers me to have to read the poem so slowly. Also, I don't feel the poem needs illustrations and prefer it without. The kids weren't engaged in the book at all (while finding the snow angel slightly amusing).
This has always been a favorite poem of mine. With the addition of Susan Jeffers stunningly beautiful illustrations it has become mystical and haunting. Over years, I've read and reread the words but when the illustrated copy found its way to me, something became different. A whole new interpretation surfaced. I had more questions and more theories about thee, meaning, etc. I highly recommend this version of a time honored classic.
I plucked this book off the Easy Fiction shelf while searching for a missing book. Susan Jeffers is one of my favorite illustrators and I was anxious to see her art paired with Roberts Frost's poetry. I was not disappointed. I could hear the crunch of the snow, the soft sounds of the shy animals, and imagine the winter solstice night as if I were experiencing it firsthand.
Dreamy and magical. I will purchase this for our winter book collection.
Dreamy and magical. I will purchase this for our winter book collection.
An utterly charming illustration of the great Frost poem. Jeffers captures the austere majesty of a snowstorm and also the apposite warmth of the human hearth. Those darkly mysterious "promises to keep" and "miles to go before I sleep" are something more happy here. Jeffers's book would make a great present for the holidays for kids or parents of small kids (but not for me, I already have it, just send me scotch).
The illustrations are lovely, so detailed though they are basically just showing snow and animals in a forest. This poem and "Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood," are my favorite Frost poems. I like how the old man in the story jumps out of his sleigh and makes a snow angel and his horse is like "What the heck are you doing?". I wish we got snow that pretty.
I categorized this for children and adult. The pictures were fun discussion with hidden animals for River to find. The poem was not interesting to a toddler, but I translated it along the way and it made for a wonderful, snowy afternoon. Add building a snowman and it's the best day ever!
Beautiful picture-book with amazing Robert Frost' words, shows the beauty of the snow and the season. The illustrations reminded me of Russia in the winter time where everything is covered in the snow, it is quiet and peaceful. I like it, but my 1st grade class did not appreciate it.
This is one of my favorite poems, possibly my very favorite. I added this book to my children's shelf because the illustrations are gorgeous, also, which will make it a good read-to-kids book. Plus, you're never too young to get started with literature!
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
The poem begins "Whose woods these areI think I know" holds a special place in American hearts. Robert Frost is a poet who could and did speak to everyone, but rarely more memorably than in the evocation of the quiet delights of winter.
This is one of my favorite poems by Robert Frost. Frost does a phenomenal job of captivating the quaint, idyllic image of a snowy, winter night in New England. Reading this poem provides me with self motivation and comfort.
One of Robert Frost's most beautiful poems, turned into an elegant book to enchant children of all ages. My preschool students love when I read this to them on a snowy day and are being exposed to poetry at an early age.
This children's rendition of Frost's poem is a great way to introduce them to poetry. Children will want to read this book on their own, and the illustrations are complex enough that you can discuss them on their own.
From reading at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy to winning four Pulizer Prizes for Poetry, Robert Frost is one of greatest poets of all time. If you like poetry, read this today.
One of the best poems ever written, and the pictures in the book are lovely. I especially love the one with the deers, and the birds in the trees. I need to get this book for my nieces.
My favorite illustrated poetry book. My favorite illustrator. My favorite poet. My favorite poem.
Favorite line
"The only other sound's the sweep of easy wind and downy flake"
Favorite line
"The only other sound's the sweep of easy wind and downy flake"
Beautiful and a heart cockle warmer, Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening is a lovely book you will cherish forever. Keep it on that dusty shelf for when the grandchildren arrive.
The illustrations in this book are magnificent. I bought my own copy and copies for several people this Christmas and I just wish I had purchased extras for future gifts.
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Flinty, moody, plainspoken and deep, Robert Frost was one of America's most popular 20th-century poets. Frost was farming in Derry, New Hampshire when, at the age of 38, he sold the farm, uprooted his family and moved to England, where he devoted himself to his poetry. His first two books of verse, A Boy's Will (1913) and North of Boston (1914), were immediate successes. In 1915 he returned to the...more
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“The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.”
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But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.”
“...The woods are dark and deep,
But i have promises to keep,
And a long way to go,
Before i sleep. ”
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But i have promises to keep,
And a long way to go,
Before i sleep. ”
